Article 25(1.A Party shall be elected to the Committee for four years and shall be eligible for immediate re-election only once.
(2.Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, the term of office of half of the members chosen at the time of the first election shall cease at the end of the first ordinary session of the Meeting of the Parties following that at which they were elected. These members shall be chosen by lot by the President of this Meeting after the first election.